from Leighton: Earth, Sweet Earth; Britten: Winter Words (CKD329) 1 At day-close in November [1'33] 23 minutes 6 seconds 8 tracks2 Midnight on the Great Western 'The journeying boy' [5'18] 3 Wagtail and baby 'A satire' [2'07] 4 The little old table [1'24] 5 The choirmaster's burial 'The tenor man's story' [4'21] 6 Proud songsters 'Thrushes, finches and nightingales' [1'04] 7 At the railway station, Upway 'The convict and the boy with the violin' [3'33] 8 Before life and after [3'46] BBC Music Magazine 'The first time you hear Earth, Sweet Earth (Laudes Terrae) by Kenneth Leighton (1929-88), the piano introduction is so elaborate, pensive and self-sufficient you forget the voice will enter at ... Pizzicato, Luxembourg |